By Paddy
Washington Post: POW Aftereffects in McCain UnlikelySen. John McCain's 5 1/2 years as a prisoner of war in North Vietnam undoubtedly changed the course of his life. But now that he is 71, that remote trauma seems unlikely to shorten his life span or to lead to mental or physical conditions that are not already apparent.
Washington Times: Marijuana project parties with Barr
The Libertarian National Convention kicked off yesterday with a tea-and-cookies reception hosted by the Marijuana Policy Project featuring none other than Mr. Barr, the party's leading candidate for its presidential nomination.
The Hill: GOP says troop cuts likely to help McCainGOP Sen. John McCain’s presidential bid could receive a boost if additional troops are withdrawn from Iraq this fall, according to his Republican colleagues. The Arizona senator’s allies said Gen. David Petraeus’s remarks Thursday that he expects to recommend more troop withdrawals this fall would validate McCain’s arguments that last year’s troop surge was needed to stabilize Iraq.
AP: Republicans shift, a little, on surveillance rules
A months-long logjam over a new government surveillance bill may be coming to an end, with Republicans offering a compromise that would let people who think they were illegally spied on by the government have their day in court — albeit a secret one.
Paterson Says Clinton Should Give Up Effort To Seat Delegates
The AP reports New York Gov. David Paterson, a Clinton backer, "said she's showing 'a little desperation' and should give up her effort to count votes from renegade primaries in Michigan and Florida." Paterson said Thursday "that Clinton shouldn't derail the process by which the national Democratic Party stripped Michigan and Florida of their national convention delegates because they moved their primaries up to January in violation of party rules."
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